Nutsy Notes / Features & help
Everything Nutsy can do. Precisely.
A concise technical reference for the desktop-first web app. Open any feature for its complete behavior, controls and compatibility notes.
Designed for desktop only - a precise pointer and a viewport of at least 900px are required.
01 / Structure & writing
Build the structure while you work.
01 Spatial workspace structure A clear hierarchy from workspace to individual item.
- Workspaces organized into columns.
- Columns can contain vertically divided, independently scrollable segments.
- Segments contain ordered panels.
- Panels can contain multiple heterogeneous blocks.
- Blocks can contain text, lists, images or drawings.
- List items support three hierarchy levels: Level 0, Level 1 and Level 2.
- Columns, segments, panels, blocks and items retain a clear structural relationship.
02Direct, hierarchical writingWrite first; shape hierarchy with familiar keys.
- Click empty writing space and begin typing.
- Enter creates the next item at the current level.
- Tab and Shift+Tab change hierarchy.
- Backspace can outdent or remove an empty item.
- Enter at the beginning of an existing item inserts a new item before it.
- Blank lines can remain intentional writing space.
- Wrapped text remains part of one item.
- Lists automatically preserve hierarchy and order.
03List modesFour list behaviors without changing the underlying material.
- Plain.
- Bullets.
- Numbered.
- Checklist.
- Automatic numbering.
- Checklist completion state.
- Configurable bullet styles, including colors, checks and crosses.
04Move anythingReorder text, branches, blocks, panels and columns.
- Move individual items.
- Move an item together with its complete descendant branch.
- Move items between lists and panels.
- Change hierarchy during drag by moving horizontally.
- Move complete blocks between panels.
- Move complete panels between segments and columns.
- Drag beyond the final column to create a new column automatically.
- Reorder columns.
- Grid snapping keeps spatial placement consistent.
- One completed drag equals one Undo step.
05Copy and duplicate structured objectsKeep hierarchy and media intact while copying.
- Copy panels, blocks or item subtrees without flattening their structure.
- Paste internal Nutsy objects while preserving hierarchy and media.
- Copy also provides portable plain text for other applications.
- Paste multiline external text as multiple items.
- Duplicate selected items, blocks or panels in place.
- Ctrl/Cmd+D duplicates the selected object.
- Shift+Drag creates a movable copy while leaving the source in place.
06Selection and editing across itemsWork across separate objects without losing text continuity.
- Select objects through their handles without interfering with text editing.
- Shift-select multiple items or blocks.
- Delete multiple selected subtrees in one action.
- Select text continuously across separate items inside one panel.
- Copy, cut, delete or replace cross-item text as one operation.
- Arrow and Shift+Arrow navigation can continue into adjacent text items.
- URLs remain editable text and can be opened with Ctrl/Cmd+click.
07Text formatting and directionMinimal formatting with genuine mixed-direction support.
- Bold, italic and underline.
- Heading 1, Heading 2 and Heading 3.
- Text and highlight colors.
- Left alignment.
- Center alignment.
- Right alignment with true RTL direction.
- Alignment can be applied at panel, block or item-subtree level.
- Mixed LTR and RTL content can coexist in one workspace.
02 / Media & time
More than text, without becoming noisy.
08ImagesFull-width media or hierarchical items.
- Add an image as a full-width block.
- Add an image as a hierarchical list item.
- Drag an image block into a list to convert it into an item.
- Image-item size reflects its hierarchy level.
- Paste images from the clipboard.
- Drop image files from the operating system.
- Add an empty image placeholder and attach the file later.
- Open images in a full-viewport viewer.
- Move, indent, duplicate and delete images like other objects.
09DrawingsSimple bitmap drawing inside the same object system.
- Add drawings as blocks or hierarchical list items.
- Open a drawing in an enlarged bitmap editor.
- Pen and Eraser tools.
- Configurable stroke color and width.
- Clear drawing.
- Each completed stroke is independently undoable.
- Move, indent, duplicate and delete drawings like other objects.
- Duplicated drawings can later be edited independently.
10Timers and remindersAttach time directly to the item it belongs to.
- Attach one timer or reminder directly to a text item.
- Live countdown badges.
- Reminder date and time.
- Urgent visual state during the final minute.
- Several alert sounds, including a continuous alert.
- Non-modal in-app notifications.
- Optional browser system notifications.
- Snooze for 5, 10, 20 or 30 minutes.
- Edit, cancel or clear a timer.
- Timers move together with their items.
- Undo restores timers removed with deleted content.
Browser alerts are not guaranteed while the web app is fully closed.
03 / Files & reliability
Your files, with a safety net.
11Local files and ownershipSave complete workspaces where you choose.
- Save a complete workspace as a local .nnts file; legacy .json workspace files remain supported.
- Save and Save As.
- Open workspace files from the computer.
- Work with a selected local folder through the File System Access API in supported browsers.
- Browse valid workspace files through the Page Library.
- Remember the selected folder when browser permission allows it.
- Fall back to ordinary file upload and download when direct folder access is unavailable.
- Workspace files include their images and drawings.
- No account.
- No Nutsy cloud.
- No forced synchronization.
- User-controlled file location.
12Local recovery and draftsProtect unsaved work locally, without sending it to a server.
- Automatic local recovery through the browser's IndexedDB storage.
- Recovery updates while typing, not only after blur.
- Separate recovery record for every workspace.
- Local drafts listed independently of disk files.
- Resume or delete a local draft.
- Protection against older autosaves overwriting newer work.
- Immediate recovery flush when the page becomes hidden or closes.
- Clear recovery data manually.
- Distinct statuses for unsaved, locally backed up and saved-to-file work.
- When a newer local draft exists, choose whether to resume it or open the disk file.
13Safe workspace switchingLeave a workspace without accidentally losing its state.
- Save and continue.
- Keep a local draft and continue.
- Discard current changes and continue.
- Cancel.
- Preserve an existing draft without accidentally deleting it.
- Return to a newer local recovery when appropriate.
14Undo and RedoHistory for content, structure and appearance.
- Undo and Redo cover content, structure, formatting, settings and drawing strokes.
- History contains up to 150 actions.
- Typing is grouped into sensible editing transactions.
- One completed drag, resize or command creates one history step.
- Undo and Redo shortcuts are supported across keyboard layouts.
15PDF exportA document-aware export, not a canvas screenshot.
- Export the workspace through the browser's native PDF workflow.
- Generated from document state rather than a screenshot of the interface.
- Preserves typography, hierarchy, headings, alignment, colors and media as far as the browser print pipeline permits.
04 / Customization
Make the workspace yours.
16Workspace customizationIndependent control over the document and the interface.
Document appearance
- Canvas background color.
- Default text color.
- Workspace accent color.
- Configurable text-color palette.
- Configurable highlight palette.
- Configurable bullet colors.
Typography
- Global font and size scale.
- Regular-text size and line height.
- Independent typography for Level 0, Level 1 and Level 2.
- Independent font, size, weight, line height and item spacing.
- Independent Heading 1–3 font and proportional size.
Layout
- Grid size.
- Default column width.
- Selected-column width.
- Column gap.
- Grid-snapped column and segment resizing.
Interface preferences
- Light and Dark themes.
- Dense, Comfortable and Spacious interface densities.
- Hide panel frames for a cleaner reading view.
- Interface preferences remain separate from document appearance.
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